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Why We Disagree With the Analysis of Wenzel et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barry M. Farr  and
William R. Jarvis
Barry M. Farr*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
William R. Jarvis
Affiliation:
Jarvis and Jason Associates, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
*
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800473, Charlottesville, VA 22908) bmf@virginia.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 5 , May 2009 , pp. 497 - 499
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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